Saturday, April 18, 2009

Obama covers up Jesus

Obama the "Christian" says:

Georgetown Says It Covered Over Name of Jesus to Comply With White House Request

"Georgetown University says it covered over the monogram “IHS”--symbolizing the name of Jesus Christ—because it was inscribed on a pediment on the stage where President Obama spoke at the university on Tuesday and the White House had asked Georgetown to cover up all signs and symbols there."

Apostle Paul the Christian says:

"I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation--to every one that believeth."--Rom. 1:16.

Obama had the audacity to deny Jesus but then turned around and used his words from the Sermon on the Mount to illustrate a political point.

Hebrews 6:4 It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.

Any Christian would be delighted to draw attention to the name of Jesus and the symbol of the Cross in any setting, but especially a highly public one. To go to lengths to deliberately cover it up reminds me of this verse: "1 John 2. “Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son” (v. 22).

A response by the Catholic League: "When President Barack Obama spoke at Georgetown University on April 14, the White House requested that all religious symbols and signage that might appear as a backdrop to where the president was to speak be covered up. Georgetown acceded to the request and made sure that the symbol “IHM,” a monogram of the name Jesus Christ, was not in sight."

Catholic League president Bill Donohue spoke to this issue... “The cowardice of Georgetown to stand fast on principle tells us more than we need to know about what is going on there, but the bigger story is the audacity of the Obama administration to ask a religious school to neuter itself before the president speaks there. No bishop who might speak at the White House would ever request that a crucifix be displayed behind him. Moreover, the same church and state fanatics who go nuts every time a polling place is set up in the basement of a Catholic school have been noticeably silent over this incident."

Signs of the times ... time of the signs.

2 comments:

Elizabeth Prata said...

good words, Ju. Good pictures too.

Looking at them again makes me sad all over again

Jerry Jones said...

Jerry Jones says This is really disturbing. I was not aware of this. Glad to see you pointing it out.